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Melinda was always anxious. When she had kids, she became even more anxious. But she kept it secret from everyone, afraid she'd destroy her image as a “model minority.”…Join LST+ for community and acc...
· 33 min 53 sec
The Sporkful's Dan Pashman helps us triage our signature cocktail for an upcoming event. But we need YOUR help, too! Don't let it be a mug of wine!…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What,...
· 13 min 13 sec
We follow two high school girls through their 48-hour stints with fake babies they receive in sex ed. And the experience totally transforms their attitudes toward motherhood.…Join LST+ for community a...
· 28 min 39 sec
A mom has the birds and the bees talk with her 8-year-old son. Or does he have it with her?…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!Follow us...
· 27 min 0 sec
One brave listener shares her story of giving up on pain-free sex after a childbirth injury; one pelvic floor expert tells us why she doesn't have to.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know Wh...
· 43 min 42 sec
Join guests Dan Savage and Jane Marie as they help listeners navigate sex and parenthood. This episode covers a range of topics, from finding time to get it on when all you want to do is sleep, to get...
· 53 min 18 sec
Turns out parents want to go easier on themselves in 2015. Or, as in our host's case, get more combative with their offspring. Plus, we make a big show announcement!…Join LST+ for community and access...
· 23 min 50 sec
Fourteen years ago, Jacob hated his mom's lullabies, which she thought meant he hated music. But now he's a modern Freddie Mercury.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in...
· 23 min 27 sec
A marriage; a miscarriage. A divorce; a guy who looks (and smells) like a caveman. All in this epic love story.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortes...
· 32 min 40 sec
Dreading a long holiday drive with the kids? Imagine if your whole life was on the road. That's how it is for makeup artist Christina Tracey, who tours with the Broadway show Wicked, and brings her to...
· 30 min 30 sec
Sick of all the white couches and salads in stock photos of family life? Sara Given’s hilarious Tumblr “It’s Like They Know Us” skewers that world. And it all started here!…Join LST+ for community and...
· 26 min 53 sec
Most people get through postpartum depression with therapy. But for writer Megan Stielstra, the answer was spying on her neighbor.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in...
· 28 min 15 sec
Artist A.K. Summers on her fabulous graphic memoir Pregnant Butch, and what it’s like to try to look tough and masculine while your body is growing a baby.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Kn...
· 30 min 34 sec
A woman fed up with her breast pump enlists 150 people to make it better. We send in a childless man to see if that’s possible.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the...
· 33 min 23 sec
A baby gets two holes in his heart and a Mormon stranger comes to the rescue, believing she is doing something illegal.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest...
· 28 min 38 sec
Pediatrician Jessica Franklin figured she had a handle on newborns. But then she had a baby and wound up feeling like "the worst, most educated rookie ever."…Join LST+ for community and access to You...
· 32 min 32 sec
Comedian Julian McCullough's mom left the family when he was a kid. Now that he's got a family of his own, Hillary talks to him about what makes a happy family.…Join LST+ for community and access to Y...
· 33 min 12 sec
A half-true/half-fictional story about two pregnant best friends who can never meet. Because being in the same room would be lethally dangerous.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, an...
· 20 min 43 sec
When Giancarlo Roma was four years old, his sister Mary died the day she was born — an experience that he says trained him to write a book from the perspective of an elderly woman.…Join LST+ for commu...
· 26 min 22 sec
Dan Pashman of The Sporkful tells Hillary how to make scarfing down food over the sink as delicious as possible. But grosses her out in the process.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What...
· 26 min 31 sec